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S. C. TUCKER July 8, 1924;

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STEPHEN C. TUCKER, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE W. FARMER, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

Application filed January 2, 1824. Serial No. 684,008.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN C. TUCKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta,-in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clamps, of which the following is a specification. t

The object of this invention is the production of a clamp employed for adjusting the length of a rope in which the construction is simple and may be cheaply manufactured, and in which the rope is gripped in such a manner as to prevent its accidental movement through the clamp.

The drawing, which accompanies and which forms part of this application, illustrates a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, and wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the clamp in operative position.

Figure 2 is an approximately centralver tical longitudinal sectional view through the clamp.

Figure 3 is a substantially similar view but showing the jaw of the clamp swung to inoperative position.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the improvement, as illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modifiedform of jaw.

Figure 6 is a transverse and Figure 7 is a longitudinal section therethrough.

My improvement will be found especially useful for adjusting rope or lines on the draft animal of a plow or other agricultural implement, as the farmer can retain each of his hands on the plow and still guide the animal, and the line or rope can be adjusted when the animal is cha ed from one implement to the other. The improvement is, of course, not to be restricted to this particiilar use but may be successfully employed in various other connections.

Referring now to the drawin in detail, it will be noted that the body 0 the clamp is in the nature of a substantially U-shaped member, the same having a flat bottom 1 and parallel sides 2. The up er edges of the sides are preferably curve upwardly from one to the opposite end thereof, and passing through and bracing the sides there is a pin or rivet 2. In a line with the rivet the sides are provided with aligning round openings 3 that receive therein trunnions 4: formed on one of the angle ends 5 of what I will term I the jaw member of the improvement. The

teeth 9. A rope 10 is passed through the body of the clamp below the jaw, when the latter is in the position illustrated in Figure 3, the said rope being looped, and the second the jaw 5 has its outer edge provided with strand thereof is also passed through the body. For distinction the second strand is indicated by the numeral 11 and is arranged in the clamp alongside the strand 10. The

clamping jaw is then swung from the position illustrated in Figure 3 to the positions illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 4. The teeth 9 of the jaw 5 will be forced into the strands 10 and 11, and the sharpened edge 8 wilt also enter the said strands. Thus the strands are engaged at two opposite and distinct points so that free or accidental movement of either strand of the rope through the clamp will be positively prevented. The rope may be easily adjusted by swinging the jaw to inoperative position.

In Figures 5 and 6 of the drawing, 1'. have illustrated a slight modification, in whichj the pointed end 8' at the juncture of the body 6 and handle portion 7' is formed with V-shaped slits and the metal bounded by these slits is bent outwardly to form prongs 12. These prongs, in addition to the teeth on the jaw 5 will enter the strands of the rope to efiect in sustaining the rope against movement through the clamp.

Also in these figures, the central tooth 9 on the jaw 5' is of a materially greater length than the remaining teeth. This increases the holding ability of the jaw as the long tooth ierces the strands of the rope and forces t e divided strands to the opposite sides of the said tooth and hunch said tension that in turn merges into an outward strands for engagement with the remaining angle portion providi a handle, and the 10 teeth of the'jaw. juncture between the ast mentioned por- Having described the invention, I olaim:- tions hein sharpened and formed. with A rope clamp, as herein described, comteeth, for t e purpose set forth. prising a U-shaped body, a toothed jaw hav- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. mg trunnions ournaled in thesides of the body, said jaw merging into an angle ex- STEPHEN C. TUCKER.

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